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Chapter 288: The Reverse Array, Eradicating the Roots
Chapter 288: The Reverse Array, Eradicating the Roots
The Dan Yuan Sect's array was not particularly powerful.
When fully deployed, it could withstand two or three attacks from Foundation Establishment True Cultivators.
In terms of effect, it was even inferior to the Minor Elemental Array that Miao Wen had given to Luo Chen.
If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, they might need to exert some effort.
However, with no one to stop him, Wang Yuan's close-range attack concentrated his Qi Blood power to the extreme.
One palm!
Just one palm!
"Boom!!!"
The booming sound echoed throughout the area within a radius of ten li.
Under the gaze of countless Loose Cultivators, spiritual lights flashed, and on Yuanhe Mountain, large sections of the foundation were blasted open.
If Min Longyu were here, he would only disdainfully say, "Connecting to the earth's veins is too shallow!"
The array was broken!
Within the mountain, several Late-stage Qi Condensation Cultivators coughed up blood and died on the spot.
The Transmission Elder's eyes were filled with rage, and he flew into the sky.
"Peak Qi Condensation Stage?"
Wang Yuan frowned and casually struck out with a force.
The old man sacrificed a defensive artifact.
A bizarre scene occurred again.
The blood-colored starlight bypassed his body and suddenly returned from behind, piercing his forehead.
Seeing the old man die with his eyes wide open and falling to the ground, Wang Yuan nodded slightly, "As expected, the application of Bright Force can be even more flexible and versatile. The first form of Blood God Tribulation Finger finally has a prototype."
After gaining some insight.
Wang Yuan raised his right hand high and then slashed it down fiercely.
"Kill!"
With this command, the experts from the Pill Hall Two and fifty Outer Sect Disciples all rushed into Yuanhe Mountain.
Among this group, the most active and enthusiastic were those Outer Sect Disciples who had recently joined the Luotian Assembly.
Wang Yuan watched this scene without any intention of taking action himself.
Before they set off in the morning, Luo Chen had specifically instructed them.
In battles of the same cultivation level, one could be unrestrained.
But when the strong oppress the weak, one must control the degree of force.
One must not cause excessive slaughter.
Otherwise, the Immortal City Enforcement Team would not stand idly by.
This was an unspoken rule, but everyone was well aware of it.
Otherwise, if Foundation Establishment True Cultivators started killing, even with tens of thousands of Qi Condensation Stage Loose Cultivators in Heavenly Wave Immortal City, it would not be enough.
If Wang Yuan and his group killed too many low-level cultivators, it would be easy for them to be labeled as Demon Cultivators.
The Jade Cauldron Region had long issued a prohibition specifically targeting Demon Cultivators.
If someone were to engage in such large-scale slaughter, the major sects would join forces to eliminate them!
Luo Chen did not want the thriving Luotian Assembly to be branded as a demonic sect.
Wang Yuan suppressed the impulse in his heart and sat high in the sky, overseeing the overall situation.
His attention was not only on the overall battlefield but also on Qu Lingjun, Ma Shoupu, Feng Xia, and others.
Perhaps it was because the Sect Master had died, or perhaps it was because the array had been broken, and there was also the escape of Shen Gongyi, which had already made the Dan Yuan Sect's disciples aware of their dire situation.
The tide had turned!
Moreover, there was a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator watching from the sky, ready to strike.
They barely resisted and soon began to scatter and flee.
The Luotian Assembly's cultivators tried to pursue them.
However, after being scolded by the leaders of their respective teams, they stopped chasing after leaving the Yuanhe Mountain's boundaries.
The urgent task at hand was to gather the wealth of this sect.
Amidst endless wails, the slaughter and flames showed no signs of stopping.
After this battle, the Dan Yuan Sect was completely eradicated in Heavenly Wave Immortal City.
Those who escaped would not be able to pose any significant threat to the Luotian Assembly.
On the other side.
Led by Sima Xian, the Battle Hall cultivators were rushing towards their destination at breakneck speed.
Celestial Eagle Peak!
Jade Purity Monastery!
These two places did not have as good connections as the Dan Yuan Sect.
They received the news late, and their connections were shallow, so they could not invite any Foundation Establishment True Cultivators to assist them.
After Xing Zonghan appeared and forcibly broke through the Celestial Eagle Peak's array.
A massacre unfolded on a grand scale.
Unlike Wang Yuan, the Eagle Clan and Xing Zonghan had a deep-seated grudge of clan annihilation!
Therefore, after killing the Eagle Clan's patriarch, Xing Zonghan showed no signs of stopping.
With his heavily injured body, his spirit sense spread in all directions. Whenever he encountered a Ninth Level Qi Condensation cultivator, he would strike mercilessly.
Wherever he went, blood flowed like a river, and there were hardly any opponents who could withstand a single strike.
Witnessing this scene, Sima Xian's heart and soul trembled.
Foundation Establishment True Cultivators were truly terrifying!
But remembering Luo Chen's instructions before his departure, he maintained his composure.
"Come with me, let's go to the peak and seize those seven eagle statues!"
"This is what the Sect Master specifically requested."
With his command, a team of Battle Hall cultivators at the Eighth Level of Qi Condensation followed him, rushing towards Celestial Eagle Peak with madness.
...
Geng Family!
Very close to Crimson Peak, only a few dozen li away.
At a cultivator's speed, it would take no more than a moment to get there.
Their family structure was similar to the Fu Family's.
They had built a massive fort and lived within it.
On the outskirts of the fort, most were ordinary people.
Inside, however, were all cultivators.
The deeper one went, the higher the cultivators' cultivation levels and status.
A figure walked along the main road, approaching on foot.
He walked at a pace that was neither fast nor slow, his eyes scanning the surroundings as if observing something.
When passing by the sand-drying field, a robust and healthy ordinary member of the Geng Family cautiously asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking around everywhere?"
Min Longyu smiled slightly but did not speak, continuing to walk forward.
Seeing that he was walking on foot and not flying like other cultivators, the ordinary members of the Geng Family thought he was just an ordinary person and tried to stop him.
However, before they could get close, a gentle force pushed them away.
"A cultivator!"
"Senior, please spare my life."
Min Longyu did not hear the rest of their words.
He had reached a spot a thousand meters away from the fort.
Low-level Geng Family cultivators at the Qi Condensation Stage came forward to question him.
What greeted them were wisps of strange spiritual energy emanating from Min Longyu's body.
Wherever the spiritual energy passed, the Qi Condensation Stage cultivators all fell unconscious.
When Min Longyu arrived a hundred meters away from the fort's gate, figures of Qi Condensation Late Stage cultivators began to appear on the city walls.
Among them were those dressed in luxurious attire, clearly indicating their status as high-ranking members of the Geng family.
They glared at Min Longyu, their faces filled with displeasure.
Without any unnecessary words, a large array was activated.
Looking at the array emitting a yellow, hazy spiritual light, Min Longyu smiled.
"As expected, the land's veins remain unchanged, and the array's layout hasn't altered either."
"You're still using the array my Min family set up a hundred years ago!"
As he muttered to himself, his body slowly floated into mid-air.
Under the gaze of hundreds of Geng family cultivators, he threw out flags in all directions.
"What is he doing?"
"I don't know, it's so strange."
"No worries, our Geng family's array isn't some cheap thing. It's a genuine Second Rank Defensive Array! Even a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator can withstand it for three days!"
"I've contacted a Foundation Establishment senior with connections to our Geng family. At the latest, by tomorrow, he'll arrive to help."
"If we can hold on for these two days..."
Just as the Geng family cultivators were discussing, someone suddenly noticed a change in the array protecting the Geng family's fort.
The hazy spiritual light was turning from yellow to white!
"What's happening?"
"Reporting to the Elder, we've lost control of the array."
"That's not right, we didn't activate the array's central attack mechanism!"
"It's him, he's seizing control of the array!"
Amidst the panic, someone finally realized the issue.
But it was too late.
In the sky, Min Longyu, using his spirit sense as a guide and spiritual energy as the power source, countered the Geng family's array with thirty-six flags, and finally pressed his hand onto the old, familiar compass he had used initially.
Looking down at the massive fort beneath him, Min Longyu let out a soft cry.
"Reverse!"
In just an instant, the array protecting the Geng family began to undergo bizarre changes.
The array, which had already turned from yellow to white, instantly became pitch-black.
The originally clear sky seemed to be shrouded by dark clouds.
Inside the fort, many Geng family cultivators realized something was amiss and charged into the sky, wielding powerful magical artifacts.
A cold smile appeared on Min Longyu's lips, and with a flick of his finger—
The next moment!
A terrifying earth-yellow spear appeared on the array.
Whoosh!
In just a flash, the Qi Condensation Stage cultivator leading the charge was pierced through.
The powerful impact, combined with inertia, sent him crashing into the city.
After breaking through a house, he was impaled into the ground.
This terrifying scene caused the Geng family cultivators attacking the array to instinctively stop.
"Be careful!"
Sharp screams echoed.
When they regained their senses, they discovered that spears had appeared in the sky, each one as terrifying as the previous one.
Everyone's souls trembled, and they frantically fled for their lives.
However, how fast could Qi Condensation Stage cultivators fly? With a wave of Min Longyu's hand, the spears all sought their targets.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that moment, spears rained down on the Geng family's fort.
Cries of agony, curses, and pleas for mercy filled the air.
Min Longyu seemed oblivious, alone in the sky, manipulating the reverse array, relentlessly harvesting the lives of the Geng family cultivators.
A hundred years ago.
He had not yet been born.
The history of Danxia Min family being besieged by a powerful enemy for a year, eventually starving and dying, was mostly passed down by the elders.
However, after he reactivated the Min family's array on Crimson Peak, he realized that history might not have been as simple as the Min family survivors had portrayed it.
With the Min family's exceptional array skills, it was unreasonable that they couldn't hold out for a second year after enduring for one.
As long as the Golden Core Great Sect with a good relationship with the Min family regained control of Heavenly Wave Immortal City, the predicament would naturally resolve itself.
The primary reason for the array's breach was the narrow valley where Geng Lie and Geng Shu Zhen had gone, where they had colluded with outsiders, not only attracting powerful enemies but also damaging the array's foundation.
If this was just a guess.
Then, after Min Longyu's return to Heavenly Wave, the disappearance of all the Min family's mortals, with the hidden culprit pointing to the Geng family, could imply something.
Of course, all of this was just speculation.
But now, it no longer mattered!
These were merely contributing factors; the real reason for the Geng family's calamity was that they had offended the Celestial Assembly.
"How dare they sleep next to a tiger's bed?"
"By waking up the Celestial Assembly, a ferocious beast, and still hoping to find a safe haven, they're truly delusional!"
Min Longyu chuckled, and his hand seals became more frequent.
After the earth spear, countless bricks and stones from the ground were drawn into the sky, forming huge floating rocks.
Those hiding in the corners looked at his towering figure in the sky, and their souls trembled.
Devil... He was a devil...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Time passed, and no one knew how long it had been.
Inside the fort, silence prevailed.
"Elder Min?"
"Elder Min!"
Min Longyu snapped out of his daze, startled.
Behind him, Meng Juan Qinglian's eyes were filled with fear, "What should we do now?"
He shook his head vigorously, looking at the devastated Min family fort, his face grim.
After years of bitter cultivation and wandering, a suppressed emotion had built up within him.
Now, at the Foundation Establishment stage, encountering his first major battle, he couldn't help but get carried away, unable to stop himself.
Unknowingly, he had annihilated an entire clan.
"Sorry, I might have gone a bit overboard."
Meng Juan Qinglian forced a smile, but it seemed forced no matter how she tried.
The damage caused by a powerful array master was truly terrifying.
Even if a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator was strong, slaughtering the Geng family wouldn't be this effortless.
At least!
Some people would have escaped.
Min Longyu sighed, "You guys go gather resources. The array's lethality was mainly aimed at cultivators, so there should still be many things left."
"What about you?"
"Me?" Min Longyu straightened up, feeling a bit nervous, "I'll go back and apologize to the Chairman!"
Before they set out, Luo Chen had specifically instructed them not to cause too much bloodshed.
But in a moment of excitement, he had driven the Geng family to extinction, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots.
Except... for those mortals.
Min Longyu glanced at the Geng family mortals fleeing in all directions, feeling a bit disheartened.
After he left, Meng Juan Qinglian quickly led people to collect resources from the ruins.
As Min Longyu had said, his array mainly used earth spears and falling rocks.
The Geng family's resources were relatively well-preserved.
Storage bags, magical artifacts, stockpiled spirit rice, vast mineral materials, and even tens of thousands of spirit stones were stored in their treasury.
It seemed that in recent years, the Geng family had developed quite well without the burden of the Min family's oppression.
Meng Juan Qinglian shook her head as she looked at the large pile of spirit stones being packed into boxes.
"Crimson Peak and Green Mysterious Valley have practically been used by the Geng family for free all these years. It's only right that they've earned this wealth."
"It's still too little."
"Most of it should be in the storage bags of the two Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, Geng Lie and Geng Shu Zhen."
As she muttered, a subordinate approached and quietly informed her of something.
"There are still surviving cultivators?"
Meng Juan Qinglian hesitated for a moment, then her expression turned ruthless.
"Dispose of them, leave none alive!"
She had already figured it out.
This Spirit Land of the Geng family was too close to Crimson Peak.
It was better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots when dealing with such a treacherous neighbor.
Min Longyu's actions were justified! The Chairman was too kind.
...
On Crimson Peak.
Luo Chen toyed with several storage bags in his hands, including Hu Changxi's, Dan Yuanzi's, and the ones previously handed over by Min Longyu, which belonged to the Geng siblings.
Geng Shu Zhen's storage bag had narrowly escaped destruction from the sudden eruption of earth fire.
But unfortunately, these two couldn't be solely claimed by Min Longyu as personal spoils.
Although Min Longyu had contributed by controlling the array, the enormous spirit stones required to activate it and the consumption of Crimson Peak's spiritual vein power were all borne by Luotian Hall.
Naturally, the spoils of war should be handed over.
There would be rewards for merit later, but for now, it was better to collect them together.
In addition to these spoils, Merit Hall and Gold Hall cultivators were continuously transporting various resources from the outside.
Those Foundation Establishment True Cultivators who participated in the siege of Luotian Hall were not alone.
They had the backing of forces that had been operating for decades, even centuries.
After operating for so long, they naturally had substantial assets.
"Report!"
"Dan Yuan Sect has been breached!"
"Celestial Eagle Peak has been breached!"
"Jade Purity Monastery has been breached!"
"The Geng family has also been defeated!"
One by one, good news arrived.
When Min Longyu returned, the news of the Geng family's defeat also reached Luo Chen's ears.
Facing this good news, Luo Chen remained calm.
With the absence of a leader, he dispatched Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, naturally achieving overwhelming victories.
"The battle at Celestial Eagle Peak was quite fierce. Xing Zonghan's slaughter was excessive, not only eliminating all the Eagle Clan's Ninth Level Qi Condensation cultivators but also relentlessly pursuing the lower-level cultivators."
Yuan Li's expression turned solemn, and he worried, "Chairman, won't this cause trouble?"
Luo Chen's expression remained calm, "No worries, he's not from Luotian Hall. We can disassociate ourselves from him later."
Yuan Li suddenly understood.
Since the opponent dared to act so boldly, they must be prepared to face the consequences.
Luotian Hall had already avenged them, and disassociating themselves couldn't be considered betraying an ally.
Xing Zonghan should also be aware of this.
After Yuan Li left, Min Longyu came forward to apologize.
Regarding his slaughter of the Geng family, Luo Chen merely sighed.
"What's done is done!"
Min Longyu realized this belatedly and felt a bit concerned.
It wasn't that he was afraid of being branded as a Demon Cultivator, but he was worried about causing significant trouble for Luotian Hall.
Facing his concern, Luo Chen shook his head.
"It's not a big deal. Don't take it to heart. However, for the next period, without my orders, try not to act alone."
Although he didn't know where Luo Chen's confidence came from, Min Longyu was deeply touched that he was willing to bear the pressure for him.
In addition to his gratitude, he asked curiously, "Chairman, what should we do next?"
"What do?" Luo Chen asked in return.
Min Longyu scratched his head, "The Hu family has been taken care of by the Li family, and we've dealt with Dan Yuan Sect, Celestial Eagle Peak, Jade Purity Monastery, and the Geng family. But there's still one person left."
He paused, his expression turning solemn, "Lu Rong's death will be a problem. He was an elder of the Divine Craft Sect."
Unexpectedly, Luo Chen merely smiled faintly after hearing this.
"It's not just Lu Rong, but also Wei Tuo from Dusty Mountain, who has offended me."
"In my eyes, there's no such thing as debts being settled by death."
Min Longyu was surprised and opened his mouth.
Was the Chairman planning a big move next?
Luo Chen picked up Geng Shu Zhen's storage bag from the pile and handed it to him.
"Consider this your personal spoils of war."
"This doesn't feel right!" Min Longyu said awkwardly, "I only borrowed Luotian Hall's strength."
"There's nothing wrong with it. They all have a share, and only the rest will be considered public property."
Luo Chen tossed the storage bag into his embrace.
Then, with his hands behind his back, he strolled out of the hall, gazing into the distance beyond the mountain with a deep expression.
The next step was not suitable for big moves.
The previous commotion was already significant, but with Dantu Jiong's appearance, he knew everything was still within the opponent's tolerance.
Now, the only thing to do was—wait!
(End of Chapter)
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